We've been blessed...again!!!!

As most of you know, Kevin and I, tried to concieve for several years before we felt led by God to adopt our wonderful daughter Liliana. We are so blessed to have her in our lives and to have the opportunity to experience the adoption process..as emotionally straining as it can be. Well... God has done it again! :) I am happy to tell you that I am almost three months pregnant (11 weeks to be exact)!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are so excited! We've kept it a secret until now because we wanted to suprise our families for Christmas. I am due August 1st (by the ultrasound predicition..and only a day or two before by my "calculations"). I'll write more later..but wanted to let everyone know (that didn't hear in the past few weeks!). Please keep us in your prayers for a healthy pregnancy.

Here's a picture of my first ultrasound...we got to hear the baby's heartbeat! That was incredible!

I have FRIENDS!

For so long, I have avoided adding more friends to my page..just because I was lazy. I would just go to one friend's sight and use their links from there! Well I took 5 minutes today and added some friends. If I haven't added you, please let me know your web address so that I can get you on that friends list! I'm happy to actually look like I have friends now! :)

Liliana's First Christmas

We had an incredible Christmas with Liliana! On Christmas Eve, we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa (Gincy's parents), and then went back to Poppy's house for dinner and presents. Lil' loved all of her toys from Aunt Trude and Uncle Roger and Grandma and Grandpa- I think the puppy was her favorite there..but the tissue paper wrapping came in a close second! Mommy and Daddy especially like the new pink and brown car seat (it's a "big girl seat") from Grandma and Grandpa! On Christmas day, after seeing what Santa brought (a John Deere Animal Band, a Ball, Elmo, a stroller to push and learn to walk, and some other things Mommy can't remember write now!) we had breakfast/brunch with Gincy's family. After chilling at the house for a while, we left for Kevin's parents/family Christmas on Saturday morning. After brunch at Aunt Gail's we spent some time with Kevin's cousins and then we left for Kevin's grandparents house for dinner with more family. Liliana decided to explore at Grandaddy Brown's house-She crawled UNDER the couch!! It was hilarious! We left there and spent the night with Kevin's parents, Lala and Papa. We enjoyed going to church with Lala and Papa on Sunday and then lunch and presents with Kevin's parents, Aunt Gail, and Uncle Rob and Aunt Michelle, and cousin Addison. Liliana loved playing with her new toys, including Baby Elmo and the John Deere Shape Barn, and with Addison! We missed Kevin's brother because Wesley Jr. was very sick. As you can see, we had a WONDERFUL Christmas with all of our family. What a blessing it is to spend this Christmas with our wonderful daughter. A year ago, we could have never imagined how much God would bless us. Liliana is truly a gift that we could have never had without God's guidance and blessing. I hope that each of you had an equally wonderful and blessed Christmas!

Happy 7 Months!

Liliana is 7 months old today!!! Wow..time flies!! She is wearing a dress that Grandma made her in this picture (thank you Grandma!). Isn't it cute!??! She's starting scooting around the floor, ready to crawl-but not quite there. Tonight, she made it all the way to the Christmas tree!!!! Her two bottom teeth with be here in time for Christmas-they have cut through,but aren't visible enough for a picture yet. I'm so excited...she's getting her "Two front teeth" for Christmas! Ha!! We are so blessed by this wonderful little girl!

Winter Wonderland

We enjoyed an evening of wonderful Christmas magic at "Winter Wonderland" at church tonight. Kevin is the official hayride man-so he was out in the cold all night-but don't worry, he was on a John Deere, so you all know he was so happy!!! Here are a few pictures of all the kids and fun! Liliana didn't get to ride on the hayride-Mommy said it was too cold and she fell asleep during most of the night, but did have time to pose for a picture on the John Deere! (Jennifer E--Notice "Granny T" in the bottom corner-giving away Graham's "sugar"!!!)

Santa!

Here's Lil's picture with Santa! It's SO good!!!! I was so excited that it turned out so well! I know I'm partial...but she's such a cutey pie!!!

Christmas is Coming!

I know I haven't posted in a while.. I'm sorry. With the holidays, etc. I've just been having too much fun hanging out with Liliana! I decided to write tonight to let you know that Liliana is obsessed with our Christmas tree. She was sitting in front of it playing in the living room..and all of a sudden I didn't hear a sound from her (I was in the kitchen). I peeked around the corner and she was just staring at the tree... I've caught her doing this several times now. We are so blessed to be spending this Christmas with our daughter and I'm so excited about the holidays because she is with us! Just thought I'd share..I'll get some pictures here soon!